The company recently announced a series of developments, including faster network technology - Gigabit LTE, which could help the company's mobile landscape and perhaps improve the iPhone next year.
Even if you are less concerned about whether Intel will regain the prestige it holds in the PC-led technology industry, one might want to focus on the issue that Intel may fuel market competition and help reduce handset costs and speed up technological progress.
Here's what Intel Communications chips can do:
A new chip, codenamed "Gold Ridge," now called the XMM 8060, will mean that Intel can launch 5G handsets by mid-2019. Today, 4G radios use LTE at speeds approaching 1,000 per second Megabit, but the 5G should be ten times faster and will bring other significant improvements by the year 2019. The successor XMM 7660, which will bring the LTE network up to 1.6Gbps when it launches in 2019, It supports a wider range of frequencies that can help handset manufacturers sell handsets in multiple markets and can help consumers roaming between countries, and it is the XMM 7560 that will help Apple and Intel next year. Mega-LTE is already on the market in the United States - U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile is already available in 430 markets and Verizon in 560 markets.
Chenwei Yan, general manager of Intel's networking products, said Intel has introduced the first 5G handset to ship with the 8060. The chip not only supports traditional radios at frequencies below 6GHz, but also supports the 5G's iconic 28GHz 'millimeter-wave 'Band.
'This is a real 5G phone,' Yan said. "It proves that 5G is real. '
Intel has released the XMM 7560 chip, which will be used in handsets by 2018, but Intel now says it has used gigabit-class LTE in the prototype. The 7560 also adds support for CDMA networking technologies that Still important to Verizon customers.
Qualcomm, which already supports Qualcomm LTE, is supported by Intel Athlon handsets, including the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8, the LG V30 and the HTC U11, but Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone X Does not support gigabit LTE.
Intel's 7560 4G modem chip, is expected to be available in 2018. 5G era: Intel's biggest competitor is Qualcomm
Now, the communication chips used by the iPhone come from Intel and Qualcomm, but given that Apple is in a major legal battle with Qualcomm, this may boost Intel's prospects.
Apple declined to comment, but Pete West, Qualcomm's vice president of marketing, is not worried Intel will challenge its leadership.
Lancia said that Qualcomm has established a modern chip to cope with the work of operators today to improve network speed and reduce network latency.
He said: 'This gives us a strong position in the modern market, and as we move from 4G to 5G, we expect this to continue.'
Lancy said that Qualcomm chip-driven 5G mobile phone will arrive in the first half of 2019, a month ago, Qualcomm announced that it has successfully connected the first 5G phone.
He said Intel expects to sell its 8000 Series 5G chips to handsets, but there are other devices that will make it possible for PCs, home networking devices and finally connected cars, and Qualcomm also hopes not only to provide chips for 5G handsets, but to Supports all networked devices and data centers.
Sandra Rivera, senior vice president of network-related products at Intel, said, 'The 5G is a true convergence of computing and communications and we've got the perfect mix of hardware and software features.'